Chatmohar Upazila
Geography
Chatmohar is located at 24°13′30″N 89°17′30″E / 24.2250°N 89.2917°E. It has 70,260 households and a total area of 310.10 km.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Chatmohar Upazila had 70,260 households and a population of 291,121. 67,559 (23.21%) were under 10 years of age. Chatmohar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 45.57%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 14,443 (4.96%) lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chatmohar has a population of 227524. Males constitute are 50.63% of the population, and females 49.37%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 109774. Chatmohar has an average literacy rate of 24.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Chatmohar Upazila is divided into Chatmohar Municipality and 11 union parishads: Bilchalan, Chhaikhola, Danthia Bamangram, Failjana, Gunaigachha, Handial, Haripur, Mothurapur, Mulgram, Nimaichara, and Parshadanga. The union parishads are subdivided into 170 mauzas and 236 villages.
Chatmohar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 13 mahallas.
Chairman: Abdul Hamid Master
Vice Chairman: Aroj Khan
Woman Vice Chairman: Sufiya Khatun
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Sheheli Laila
Education
Primary Schools:
- Afrat Para Govt. Primary School
- Chatmohar Model Primary School
- D A Joyen Uddin School
- Bahadurpur Government Primary School
Schools:
- Ashraf Zindani High School, Shomaj
- Mohela BL High School
- Chatmohar RCN and BSN High School
- Handiyal High School
- Mulgram Union High School
- Parshawdanga High School
- Bamongram High School
- Nimaichora High School
- Chatmohar Model High School
- Chatmohar Pilot Girls High School
- Chiknai High School
- Atlongka High School
- Saint Rita's High School
- Failjana High School
- Panchuria high School
- Chaikola High School
- Chalanbill High School
- Paramount International School
Colleges:
- Chatmohar Degree College
- Chatmohar Women's College
- Chatmohar Technical and Business Management Institute
- Atlongka Degree College
- Handiyal College
- M.A Samad BM School And College
- Chaikhola Degree College
- Professor Boyen Uddin Degree College
- Mirzapur Degree College
- Mahmud Ali Degree College
Madrashas:
- Enayet ullah Fazil Madrasa
- Samad Sawda Dhakhil Madrasha
- Boyaiimary Dhakhil Madrasha
- Kuabashi Dakhil Madrasah
Polytechnic institutes:
- Chatmohar Polytechnic Institute
Notable residents
- General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri OBE was Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (1962–1966)
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, writer, spent his first five years at Haripur village.
- K. M. Anowarul Islam was Member of Parliament for constituency Pabna-3 from 2001 until 2008.